In Wake of New WikiLeaks Release, JFK, Ellsberg's Remarks on 'Secrecy', 'Covert Ops' Worth Noting

In Wake of WikiLeaks Cable Release, JFK, Ellsberg's Remarks on 'Secrecy', 'Covert Ops' Worth Noting
JFK '61: 'Word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society'
Ellsberg '08: 'Most covert ops deserve to be disclosed by free press'

As the information from WikiLeaks latest release of documents becomes public, and as the U.S. Government continues to scramble to mitigate what the White House is calling today a "reckless and dangerous" leak, condemning it "in the strongest terms" as an alleged threat to national security, it's worth keeping in mind, for valuable perspective, what the 1970s legendary "Pentagon Papers" whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg wrote in an op/ed for The BRAD BLOG in early 2008...



As well, John F. Kennedy's April 1961 speech on what he described as this nation's abhorrence of secrecy, and the necessity of a free press --- as delivered to the American Newspaper Publishers Association at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York a year or so before his death --- is rather astonishing, and more than a bit ironic, in light of today's leaks and, as directly, the actions of the Executive Branch and its enablers in this country --- in Congress, in the mainstream media and in the public --- over the past dark decade. JFK's remarks include these thoughts among others that must be heard or read...



MUCH MORE, INCLUDING AUDIO EXCERPT OF JFK SPEECH: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=8214

into going along when he did not order a second attempt on Castros Cuba 'they' did not like it. The mobsters wanted their casinos back and 'businessmen' lost a bunch on shady businesses there.
After all it was only a short flight or boat trip out of Key West 90 104 miles to the docks in Havana.

He had stepped on the wrong toes when he failed to use the US military to aid the Pay of Pigs invasion...the mob had lost it's property (Havana) when Castro took over and they wanted it back....then he pisses off the military over Viet Nam and his fate was sealed.

demoted to the trashbins in the RNC.

seriousness of why secrecy would not be a safety feature for our country and put it in the records...